DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z DECEMBER 28, 2008
Florida: A number of what are believed to be primarily agricultural fires were detected to the south and southeast of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida. Several puffs of thin smoke were visible from these fires moving to the northwest and across Lake Okeechobee. Texas/Oklahoma: The blowing dust seen earlier in the day over western and central Texas was no longer visible. Widely scattered fires were analyzed across southern Oklahoma as well as northern and central Texas during the day. Very long narrow smoke plumes of mainly thin to perhaps locally moderate density were visible with the fires in Jefferson County of south central Oklahoma as well as Jack and southern Parker Counties of north central Texas. Gusty westerly winds were rapidly blowing the smoke plumes to the east quite a distance away from the fires. JS